The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-02-27
THE SPRING CANDIDATES
WHO WANT TO HOLD OFFICE IN THE
NEW LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

haA tuO iSut-A hC men VINO t&pttEG
from Omce in April and the Men who
are Talked of 10 Succeed them-Pre-
pairing for the Spring Campaign.
The annual charter election is to be held
on April 18th, and within the next two or
three weeks the nominating conventions
will be held. No big stakes enter into the
approaching contest, but good deal of
local excitement will nevertheless attend
the efforts off the local politicians to cap
ture them. The fact that only minor
Offices are to be filled will abate nothing of
the interest amoug the 'sworkers" in the
contest. Something of additional interest
will in fact be injected into the campaign
by the apparent certainty that the Labor
party proposes TO take an active part in
the fight, and the ''boys" may find
that the biggest job they have
yet tackled will be that of trying to catch
the support of this new factor in the fight.
The talk of the leaders of the labor organi-
zltions Indicates a square up-and-up fight
on their part for the public places-no
endorsement of this candidate of one
party for one place, and that candidate
OF the other party for another place, but
straight labor nominations all around for
all the places. It is not unlikely that, in
their efforts to assure themselves of the
support of this new element, the managers
of the two parties may defer nominations,
and put the great parties themselves on
the defense by Endorsing and supporting
labor nominees. Up to this time the move
ment among the labor unions has been TO
secret that nothing can be said yet as to
their possible nominees, and all that can
be done in this Article is to talk of the COM
ing campaign as though it were to be taught
out on the usual party lines.
The officers to be chosen are six alder
men, and three commissioners in each
the Board of Works, the Police, and the
Fire Boards. Vacancies in the Board of
Education are Imminent, too, but they are
to be filed by appointment by the Mayor,
and what is to be said about them will be
reserved for later issue.
THE ALDERMEN
From the Board of Aldermen, Alderman
Davis, Reardon, McAlvanah, Elliott, Gator,
Democrats; and Shawda, Rfpbiican, will
retire. They represent the six districts,
respectively in the order in which they
are named. When they get out they leave
behind them three republicans and three
democratic ''hold-overs," as the nucleus
of the new board. The Democrats should
carry the first, second and fourth districts
without any trouble. If they do only that,
they will "tie" the next Board. They
have more than fighting chance in
the third and fifth districts, and it is not an
unheard of thing for them to sweep the
sixth. Every one of the retiring aldermen
is a candidate for denomination. Davis
will probably encounter some opposition in
the first district, but the man on whom his
party enemies may unite has not been
named yet. He is candidate for the NOM
ination of Sheriff in the tall, and it is not
unlikely that the men who are not favora-
BILE to him for that Office will make siren
uous effort to down him in the preliminary
spring contest 1t he is nominated for Al
derman he will have, for the same rea-
son, to fight hard for his election A man
who can't carry his ward would hardly
make a respectable candidate for Sheriff;
and some of his shrievalty opponents may
try to make his aldermanic battle his
Waterloo i'll the bigger war be proposes to
enter apon. Reardon will be renominated
in the second and reelected without any
trouble. McAlvanah, of the third, will be
handicapped by the fact that he is DEM
ocrat running in Republican district; but
then If the new Board of Finance or the
present one should make him an assessor,
he will be fairly well equipped for the bat
tie. 1t is possible he may again have to
tackle Major Abernethy whom he beat two
years ago, but under more favorable cir
cumstances than those which exist now.
Board of Works Commissioner Kerns's po
litical attitude may effect Elliott's canvas
in the Fourth. Gator seems to be booked
for denomination in the Fifth, and it is
understood that saloon-keeper Kaiser will
be the Democratic nominee in the Sixth
against Shawda, whom the Republicans
will renominate.
BOARD OF WORKS.
The Board of Works has in it now four
Democrats and two Republicans. Kerns,
of the Fourth, and Schweiler. of the Sixth,
both Democrats. and Carr, of the Filth,
Republican, retire, leaving two Remoerats
and one Republican to b Did over. Carr,
of the Fifth, is understood to be averse to
running again. The Board of Works is not
up to his Sunday School idea of things. And
Ben Van Keuren will probably stand as the
Republican nominee in his stead. The dis
trict is Republican, and if Van Keuren is
nominated, the chances are all with him.
Kerns wants to be the Democratic nominee
sgain in the fourth district, but as the
County Committee have sread him out of
the party Emil Steger is encouraged to en-
ter the lists against him. The Republi-
cans talk of running either sChris" Helms
or bother Eigenrauch. Schweiler-sdon't
you know me, PeteP I'm President
Schweiler of the Board of Works.. sis look
ing after Democratic denomination in the
Sixth; bat the fellows down in that dis
trict seem to assume that the time Is ripe
for change there, and good many want
to step into his shoes George T. Bouton,
ex -Assembyman James O.. Clarke, ex-Al-
derman Bob Mcknight and james Wood
mansee are talked of as possible Democratic
nominees in Schweiler's stead It seems
to be taken for granted that Schweiler re-
nomination will be q practical confession
OF defeat in advance of the battle, especial